October 2012 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Airtel SMS
by Shiro Njagi 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

Hi guys, Is anyone else experiencing problems with texting on Airtel? It keeps giving me the message not sent error even though I have credit. I have to send and resend several times until the text finally goes through. -- Shiro Njagi Every hour, every minute, every moment, happens just once ~~Amel Larrieux~~

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The Pirate Bay has been down since yesterday
by Vincent Wayodi 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

The Pirate Bay has been down since yesterday, most likely just a power failure which may or may not be directly or indirectly related to the police raid on the PRQ web host that occurred at the same time. "Dear internet. We have not been raided. We are not shutting down. We like turtles, waffles and you. Sorry for not fulfilling your pirate needs tonight. It's ok if you cheat on us with another site, just once. We know that you still love us, deep down in your cursed pirate heart." https://www.facebook.com/ThePirateBayWarMachine Fortunately, you knew this so there is no need to panic. http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/thepiratebay.se.html vincent.wayodi (skype)

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intermediary liability in Kenya
by Alice Munyua 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Dear listers, Find attached an invitation to a breakfast meeting on 10th October to discuss this issue. Best Alice On 02/10/2012 13:03, Grace Githaiga wrote: > > Listers > > Greetings. > > This is a follow up to Alice?s email in which she shared a study on > intermediary liability in Kenya, and inviting you to a discussion on > the same. > > Internet intermediaries bring together or facilitate transactions > between third parties on the Internet. They give access to, host, > transmit and index content, products and services originated by third > parties on the Internet or provide internet based services to third > parties.? > > OECD identifies Internet intermediaries to include ?Internet access > and service providers (ISPs), data processing and web hosting > providers including domain name registrars, internet search engines > and portals, internet payment systems, e-commerce intermediaries and > participative networking platforms which include internet publishing > and broadcasting platforms that do not themselves create or own > content being published or broadcast?. > > From a Kenyan perspective, it is important to consider mobile service > providers as intermediaries since mobile telephony continues to set > the stage for adoption of Internet access even though they are > regulated under telecom laws. > > Intermediary liability was indirectly discussed on this list last week > through the Piracy/WAPkid/Copyright discussion. > > *Question:* > > 1.Are there other ways that we should define intermediaries? > > 2.What role should intermediaries play? > > 3.Considering that they do not create the content, should they be > liable? And if so, in what ways? > > Please feel free to respond to any of the issues. > > Rgds > > Grace > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:57:35 +0300 > From: alice(a)apc.org > Subject: [kictanet] Discussion intermediary liability in Kenya > CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > > Dear Colleagues, > > This is an invitation to a discussion on intermediary liability in > Kenya starting tomorrow Tuesday 2nd October 2012, which will be > followed by a breakfast meeting on 10th October at jacaranda hotel. > > See attached the initial findings of the study on Intermediary > Liability in Kenya. We welcome comments. Please note that this initial > report is a forthcoming publication, and it should not be cited > publicly until November, when the final report will be made available. > > The study notes that there is a lack of a clear framework for > liability of intermediaries and a lot of uncertainty in understanding > our evolving post-constitution legislative environment particularly in > "regards to what offenses may happen on communications networks and > whether intermediaries would be liable or not, this may have > contributed to caution and self-regulation. > > In addition, there seems to be no legislated take down procedures > other than responding in court to whichever law was cited as broken. > Do we need a "clear framework for liability of intermediaries, > and safe harbor legislation? What are the strengths and weaknesses > of the current situation? > > We would like to encourage policy discussions on these issues with the > aim of providing concrete recommendations and way forward. > > Grace Githaiga and Victor Kapiyo will take it from here > > Best > > Alice > > > This is a project of: > > * Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET) > * Open Society Initiative (OSI) > * Association for Progressive Communications (APC) > * Google > * Ministry of Information and Communications > * Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) > > > _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or > change your options at > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ggithaiga%40hotmail.c… > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder > platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT > policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for > reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled > growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards > of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect > people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or > personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or > qualifications.

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SMH: Hosting at some Kenyan ISPs
by John Doe Smith Kamau KipNg'etich Jones 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

.... A year or two ago (or three), I thought I'd host a few of my client's sites at local ISPs. I'd imagined the smaller latencies and higher reliability of Kenya's networks (compared to those undersea cables sharks like) would improve the experience on these sites. So I went to KenyaWeb, an ISP that used to be the ish in the yester years.... and lo and behold, for 12k, I was gona get 12MB. 1k per MB. MegaBytes... about 9 floppies. 0.012GB But hey... it was 2 or 3 years ago... people were still in disbelief that fibre had landed in Kenya. Go Daddy mara hiyo hiyo Then last week, I'm in westy... and think that the landscape has morphed and twisted itself over so much that I go to Access Kenya thinking "recuded latencies. Higher bandwidth" Here's the quote I was given by Access Kenya: 0-5MB: Free (If you get net from them) 6-20MB: 10,000 KES 20-50MB: 24,000 KES 51-150MB: 48,000 KES 151-300MB: 78,000 KES I didn't even want to know if the costs were per year or per month. Coincidentally, both these ISPs used to be the ish before the fibre-cables landed, but I barely hear about them now ... can someone remind them this is not 2005, and policies and prices drafted in 1999 din't even apply in 2005 anymore. Tafadhali... Let's build our own little internet on infrastructure on Kenyan soil... host sites and web apps locally, and keep them resilient to shark fests on our undersea cables.

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Re: [Skunkworks] Kenya Army Images
by Dennis Kioko 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

I was discussing Counter Strike, a game on the Valve platform, which is coming to Linux soon. On Oct 2, 2012 2:42 PM, "Agosta Liko" <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hot Apple Laptop Deal
by Victor Yegon 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Hi Am selling Apple Laptop 13.3 inch WIFI Notebook 1G 160G Intel Atom D525 1.8GHz price 43,000 -- Regards, Yegon Victor | Web Specialist/Internet Consultant | Extra IT Solutions Tel:+254 725 309 370 | Website:http://www.extraitsolutions.com |

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iMAC repair techies
by wallace ngene 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Hi all, are there techies out there who are good in repairing iMAC logic boards? I have one that requres repair.Confirmed it is a problem with the logic board and not the power supply unit. Regards. -- WALLACE NGENE TARURU wallacengene(a)gmail.com

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GENUINE HP TONERS
by Joshua Mwendwa 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Dear Good People Please give me a quotation for the following HP GENUINE toners; each 10pcs Q2610A 6030/8030 C9730A-9733A (5 Sets) C4096A TN-4100 (Brother) Regards

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website review / show off
by Gichingiri Kuria 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Hi people, hope you're well. Please check out homeboyzradio.co.ke redesign and give your views. Thanks -- Gichingiri Kuria _________________________________________ www.website.co.ke / www.sokoletu.co.ke

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DSTV Opened all channels
by Kevin Omondi 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Skunks This morning I observed I could view all channels on DSTV ( i.e Premium channels yet I am on compact). Its it an issue related to changeover or have they finally seen the light and want to offer competitive prices .( though I suspect the former is the case) Rgds Kevin

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